Just do what you have to. Keep moving forward. That's all we can do. You're gonna butcher all the titans, right? I'm sure you can do it.

"I, Reiner Braun, take you, (y/n) (l/n), to be my beloved wife. To have and to hold, to honor you, to treasure you, to be at your side in sorrow and in joy, in the good times, and in the bad, and to love and cherish you always." Reiner took a pause, hands shaking as he tried to place the ring on (y/n)'s fingers. "I promise you this from my heart, for all of my days."

He held her hands in a scared manner, thinking over the last of his vows and how much of a heavy meaning they held. They didn't want to comment on it, they just wanted to live in the moment they were in.

"I, (y/n) (l/n), take you, Reiner Braun, to be my beloved husband. To have and to hold, to honor you, to treasure you, to be at your side in sorrow and in joy, in the good times, and in the bad, and to love and cherish you always. I promise you this from my heart, for all of my days."

The girl pulled Reiner's ring onto his finger, clenching tightly onto the hand as her nervousness caused them to shake.

It was just them, covered by the moon light, outside the internment zone. They had decided on a small park, trees surrounding them. They were 18, barely adults, but they had nothing to lose. Reiner had so much left to live. He wanted to make it count, wanted to experience the most he could with the girl he loved; wanted her to experience it as well.

Should he have told her it was best to move on? Find a better life that was outside of him?

Of course.

But he had spent the last 5 years risking his life for a country that doesn't even treat his people right. He had every right to be selfish. It was just something he wanted to do before he left the world. He wanted to feel something.

Reiner looked down at (y/n), her eyes filling with tears as her smile was shaky. He felt a thump in his chest, his heart skipping a beat looking at her. There was so much love in her eyes, the moonlight on accentuating it more.

"I do." Reiner whispered to himself, saying it to any higher being who was listening.

"I do." (y/n) said it back, holding onto Reiner's hands that were on her cheeks.

No one was there to reverend the ceremony; the two adults doing it on their own and memorizing their vows.

There was a small tick in their heads, one saying: you may now kiss the bride.

And kiss her he did.

(Y/n) sniffled, trying so hard not to let the tears fall from her cheeks and ruin their kiss. Wind suddenly blew through their clothing, the fabric shifting along the air. When the couple pulled away, they stayed a breath away; just feeling content with each other's closeness.

"Are you sure about this?" Reiner asked her, his voice a whisper as he was scared of having her leave now.

"With you?" (Y/n) told him. "Always."

(Y/n) was writing down notes at her desk, the yells of Commander Magath being heard outside from the window. She stared down at the papers that were given to her; a list of the candidates that would go to the last stage of Titan selection.

Gabi Braun was one of them. Of course she was, she was exactly like her cousin. Such a common thing with the Braun's.

Reiner was standing at the window, watching the kids train out in the courtyard. He had walked into the office with the other Military officers; a meeting being held for the candidates that would be selected to stay. Magath had already left the room, quickly turning up at the courtyard to look at the kids.

"(Y/n), do you want kids one day?" Reiner suddenly asked, watching the kids run around.

"Are you asking me as my husband or as a warrior?" (Y/n) paused, turning her head to look at the man. He didn't look at her, he had a blank look on his face, seemingly trying hard to focus. The woman sighed, crossing her arms over her desk.

"As a wife, isn't it a duty to give you a child?" She asked him.

"I don't want you to think it's a duty." Reiner said, finally turning to look at her.

"With you it's not." She tried to reassure him. "Having someone who's half you would make everything go away. They are created from our love."

She had a dazed look to her eyes, seemingly feeling content with the idea of having someone who looked like Reiner. She suddenly took a deep breath in, coming back down from her fantasy.

"As the Warrior Unit Advisor, starting a family is pointless. You are going to die for this country anyways. Why leave a poor child without a parent?"

"I guess you're right." Reiner paused, looking back over towards the window.

"Yes." Her voice was much closer, Reiner flinching a bit as hands wrapped around his torso. "Lucky you, I am your wife."

"You want to do that?" Reiner asked incredulously, grabbing onto (Y/n)'s arms and looking at her. "You want to risk everything, just to have a kid with me?"

"What am I risking?" (Y/n) pulled away from him. "I'm already married to you."

"But no one knows you are." Reiner suddenly spoke, looking away from the girl and around the room. "What would you tell your parents? I came back from that mission as a failure. I'm not a hero. I didn't get to buy a house that we could live in."

"Look at me, Reiner." (Y/n) pulled on his arms, forcing him to turn. She raised a hand to his cheek, giving his one hand a squeeze. "I don't care if you didn't get the founding titan. You are still my soulmate. You're still going to be the person I love. I'm already 20, I need to make a life of my own outside of my family."

"But you're gonna end up doing it alone! I would love to support you, care for both of you. But if I leave you're gonna be left alone."

"And that's just something I'm going to have to get used to. You made it this far Reiner, don't give up on me now. Not when this is the one way I can have you left with me."

"You're being selfish." He told her, trying to find any form of hurt on (Y/n)'s face.

"Weren't you when you asked me to marry you?" She asked him.

"We are rushing. It's a terrible thing to do." She pulled his head down, placing her forehead against his. "But what does it matter if we already know that our love isn't going to go anywhere? Even if you leave, and I grow old. You, Reiner Braun, will be my one and only love."

Reiner sighed, but still closed his eyes and placed his lips on the girl's. She gave him a smile, hand slowly falling onto his neck to be pulled closer. He wrapped his arms around her waist, hugging her.

Though the couple was quick to pull away, a sudden yelp from the door startled the two. They turned wide eyed, facing the little 11 year old who had barged into the office.

"I'm sorry!" Falco Grice shouted. "I didn't mean to!"

He turned around about to run out the office, when Reiner called for him.

"Falco, wait!" The man said, running to the door to shove the boy back in.

"I won't tell anyone!" Falco cried, trying to stop Reiner from shoving him onto a chair. "I swear!"

"Falco, we know you won't." (Y/n) sighed. "Calm down."

Falco looked between the two adults, still anxious that he would get in trouble. His eyes landed on (Y/n), her arms crossed as she leaned against her desk. His eyes landed on her hand, the wedding band he knew she wore on display.

"I thought you said you were married!" Falco asked incredulously. "I always see you telling the other army generals you are"

"Because I am." (Y/n) told the boy. "To Reiner."

"But you're Marleyan?" Falco said. He looked between the woman in front of him and the much bigger man behind him. His face was much more stern, his usual scowl on his face.

"Love doesn't really have a limit." (Y/n) told him. "You find it in whoever it wants you to find."

"You're a sweet boy, Falco." (Y/n) sighed. "There is no need to worry about us getting mad at you."

"Unless you do tell." Reiner told the boy, hand quickly falling onto his head. "In which case, I'm going to have to eat you."

"Reiner! Don't traumatize the boy." (Y/n) scold him, the man laughing at his joke. (Y/n) gave him a half-assed glare, moving to hold onto Falco's hands and wiping away at some tears that fell from his scare.

"The Marleyan army will already be doing that for him." (Y/n) joked, glancing down at the boys hands. She tilted her head, eyebrows pulling together when she noticed a small mark on the boy's left hand.

"Falco?" She asked. "What is this?"

She rubbed at the mark, trying to make sure it was the exact same one she had.

"I don't know."The boy answered. "I've had that for years now. Doctors said it was probably just a mark from training or something."

"No." (Y/n) smiled somberly. "No, I don't think it is."

"What is it?" Falco asked with a curious tone.

"That's for another time." (Y/n) patted his knees, standing up from crouching over the boy. "Now, you came in for a reason. What did you need?"

"Falco! Have you seen Reiner?" (Y/n) asked the boy, walking up to him after she had caught him banging on the wall of the Warrior building.

"Are you alright?" She asked, hand rubbing his face in a motherly way.

"Yeah, I'm fine." Falco smiled softly, subtly falling into her affectionate touch. "I haven't seen Reiner. I was about to go home."

"Ah, I'll accompany you then." (Y/n) smiled at him, the boy only looking at her wide eyed.

"You don't have to! I'm sure you should be going home now! It's getting late." He tried to reason with her.

"It's alright. I'm gonna stay in the internment zone tonight anyways." Falco frowned, beginning his journey home as the woman followed behind him.

"Why?"

"Ah, I don't think I should be telling you why." She laughed.

"Right." Falco's face flushed, looking down at the ground.

"That's right. I still have...them."

The two citizens continued their walk into the internment zone, Falco leading the way to his home as they passed by the mental hospital.

(Y/n) paused, watching as the boy took a look into the fenced in area. She waited patiently, hands clasped together.

"The hospital."

"Hey!" Both Falco and (Y/n) turned, noticing a man with long hair waving at Falco from a bench.

"So you're able to talk now, huh?" Falco spoke, sitting down next to the legless man. "Guess that means you're recovering?"

"This place is for treating psychological wounds, but mine are fake."

(Y/n) frowned her eyebrows, looking at the man. She felt out of place, rubbing her arms in anxiousness.

"Huh?"

"I said I forgot where I came from due to amnesia, but I just don't wanna go back." The guy spoke, looking down at the floor. "I'm not quite ready to face my family yet"

"Will you report me?" He asked, after pausing for a bit.

"No, I wouldn't do that." Falco told him. The two men turned to look at (Y/n), the girl suddenly shocked to have them both staring at her.

"I-it's none of my business." (Y/n) spoke. "Sometimes families can be hard to face."

"You don't have an armband." The man squinted, looking back up at her face to try and understand who she was.

"I don't need one." She told him. She took a breath, staring down at his green eyes. They looked full of life, but also without a soul at the same time. She was uncomfortable, feeling as though he was looking straight through her.

"I'll wait for you outside." She turned to the boy. "Okay, Falco?"

The boy gave her a nod, going back to talking with the mental ward patient as (Y/n) went to stand outside the fence. It was a short talk, one she didn't hear but the boy came out with courtyard, an envelope in his hands.

"I have to go back to HQ. Do you mind?"

"Not at all." (Y/n) told him, patting his head as they began their trek back to the Warrior Unit. As they came out closer to the building, (Y/n) smiled, watching Reiner walk up to them in the distance.

"What are you two doing out this late?" Reiner asked, glancing worriedly at (Y/n) who stood behind him.

"I left something back at HQ."The boy told the man. "You can take, Miss (l/n) home. I'll see you guys later."

He ran off, waving behind him at the couple.

"What was that about?"

"I couldn't tell you." (Y/n) laughed. "But I can tell you something very exciting."

She took his hand in hers, giving him a smile, as she placed the other on her stomach. Reiner wanted to cry, looking over his wife. He thought about ending his life; leaving the one thing that kept him sane.

"Hey don't cry!" (Y/n) laughed, pulling Reiner off the side to keep away from prying eyes. She wiped at his cheeks, quickly catching any tear that fell.

"Everything is gonna turn out alright!" She gave him a small smile. "For both of us."

"We're gonna make it. You're gonna make it. I'm sure you can do it."